Don’t change who we are but give us a chance: confronting the potential of community health worker certification for workforce recognition and exclusion

Abstract Background For community health workers (CHWs) and promotores de salud (CHWs who primarily serve Latinx communities and are grounded in a social, rather than a clinical model of care), the process of certification highlights the tension between developing a certified workforce with formal r...

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Main Authors: Ashley Kissinger, Shakira Cordova, Ann Keller, Jane Mauldon, Lori Copan, Claire Snell Rood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00815-4